Director: Elia Kazan

Writer: Budd Schulberg

Score Composed by: Tom Glazer

Keywords: Drama, Talk Radio, Country Music, Advertising

Charismatic vagabond Lonesome Rhodes rises to the heights of stardom, his public persona overflowing with folksy charm but behind the scenes a greedy, megalomaniacal manipulator who views his audience as rubes. Cinematic masterpiece. This is not the Andy Griffith you remember from Mayberry! Character of Rhodes loosely based on Arthur Godfrey. Entered 2008 into the National Film Registry.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tony Franciosa	Actor	25-Oct-1928	19-Jan-2006	A Face in the Crowd
Andy Griffith	Actor	1-Jun-1926	3-Jul-2012	Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show
Walter Matthau	Actor	1-Oct-1920	1-Jul-2000	Messy half of the Odd Couple
Kay Medford	Actor	14-Sep-1914	10-Apr-1980	Bye Bye Birdie
Patricia Neal	Actor	20-Jan-1926	8-Aug-2010	The Day the Earth Stood Still
Lee Remick	Actor	14-Dec-1935	2-Jul-1991	Days of Wine and Roses

CAST

Co-Starring
Andy Griffith	...   Lonesome Rhodes
Patricia Neal	...   Marcia Jeffries
Featuring
Tony Franciosa	...   Joey de Palma
Walter Matthau	...   Mel Miller
Lee Remick	...   Betty Lou Fleckum
and
Percy Waram	...   Gen. Hainsworth
Paul McGrath	...   Macey
Rod Brasfield	...   Beanie
Marshall Neilan	...   Sen. Worthington Fuller
Alexander Kirkland	...   Jim Collier
Charles Irving	...   Luffler
Howard Smith	...   J. B. Jeffries
Kay Medford	...   1st Mrs. Rhodes
Big Jeff Bess	...   Sheriff Hesmer
Henry Sharp	...   Abe Steiner

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